| So you are starting body building, but what exactly is it. | | | | resistance. This is in the form of weights or weight |
| When starting anything in life its always important to | | | | machines, or even your own body weight. When you |
| understand exactly what it is, so that you can explain | | | | weight train it increases the size of the muscles, and |
| to at least yourself what you are doing. | | | | once our bodies adapt to the increase in load, the size |
| Body building can be defined as basically where the | | | | of the muscles increase, which then leads to more |
| body is made to work against gravity and in that | | | | strength and a better state of fitness. |
| process the body adapts, becomes stronger and | | | | When we participate in body building or resistance |
| forms more muscular shape that is a body builder. In | | | | training our muscles (composed of fibers) tire out. This |
| my opinion if you have ever wanted to do some | | | | then leads to recruiting new muscle fibers, or muscle |
| exercise you are in fact a body builder. For in the | | | | gain. This only happens however if the weight is heavy |
| stricter sense we think only of competition body | | | | enough and that the any amount of weight can only |
| builders. However, if you think about it, if your lifting | | | | be lifted to failure or to the prescribed number of |
| weights are running on a treadmill, are you not trying to | | | | repetitions. |
| shape, maintain or strengthen your body, hence we're | | | | One more point, it you think you building your body you |
| all body builders. | | | | train, well think again. Your body repairs itself and gets |
| Now weight training is a form of exercise which | | | | bigger whilst you rest, so get plenty of rest or sleep |
| subjects the body to an increase in the amount of | | | | when you're starting body building. |